Friday Newsletter, 10-14-16

News and Information

Parent Night, Leader in Me

You are invited to attend Parent Night and learn about the 7 Habits that are behind our Leader In Me program Thursday, October 20th at 6:00 p.m. in the auditorium.

Haunted School

Haunted School will take place at Lindbergh on Friday, October 28th at 7:00 p.m.  Tickets can be bought at the door.

Calendar

November 16th – Late Start, school will begin at 9:35 a.m.

What We Did This Week

This week our Alpha Friend was Dudley Duck, letter D

We wrote in our journals

We worked in our poem books

We continued to read books about Fall

We practiced our “Read to Self” (part of our Literacy program).  We are up to reading our books 6 minutes independently.

We continue to practice counting, making simple patterns and this week graphed our “Favorite Apple.”  We also continue work on our whiteboards learning how to write our numbers.

We worked on our “3-finger” squeeze and tripod grip in our handwriting books

We enjoyed our trip to the apple orchard!

Have a great weekend!

 

Apple Orchard

We had a great day yesterday picking apples and pumpkins at the orchard.  The weather was beautiful!  We also enjoyed donuts and cider and seeing the animals at the farm.

Thank you to Cole’s mom, Logan’s mom, Georgia’s mom, Emina’s parents and Leo’s grandma for chaperoning the trip!

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Apple Orchard Field Trip

Tomorrow is our field trip.  Please remember to dress for the weather and bring a “brown bag” lunch.  No glass containers.

Please be sure to label your child’s lunch bag with their name.  We will be riding the tractor through the orchard and pumpkin patch.  We will be eating lunch, cider, and donuts in the barn.

Friday Newsletter, 10-7-16

News and Information

Field Trip

Our field trip to the Plymouth apple orchard will be Wednesday, October 12th.  Please remember to watch the weather and dress your child appropriately.  Please also pack a “brown bag” lunch with no glass containers.

Reading Logs

October reading logs were sent home on Monday.  Our monthly goal was printed on the top.  If your student reaches his/her goal by the end of the month they will earn a certificate for a personal pizza from Pizza Hut (their “Book It” program).

Calendar

Friday, October 14th – half-day of school.  School is dismissed at 11:45 a.m.

Friday, October 28th – Lindbergh’s Haunted School

Halloween

Yes, we will be having a classroom Halloween celebration and costume parade.  More information to come!

What We Did This Week

Our Alpha-Friend was” Reggie Rooster”, Letter R

We worked in our poem books

We introduced “Read to Self” a component of Daily Five (our Literacy program)

We continued to read Mercer Meyer books (he is the author of the Little Critter books)

We worked on drawing Mat Man using basic handwriting shapes from our Handwriting Without Tears program

In math we worked on number recognition and simple patterns

We continued our study on the season of Fall and read about how apples and pumpkins grow (preparing for the orchard field trip)

We wrote in our journals

We attended a school assembly

We attended a school reward party for good behavior

 

Spirit Wear

Just a reminder that the spirit wear orders are due by Friday if you plan to order a Lindbergh shirt.

The majority of the school wears Lindbergh colors and shirts on Fridays.

Please let me know if you have any questions.

Thanks!

Friday Newsletter, 9-30-16

News and Information

PBIS (Positive Behavior System) Monthly Reward Party

Our first reward party for September behavior will be Monday.  Those students who stayed on “green” 80% of the month will get popsicles and extra recess.  Our entire class will be attending!

BINGO

Bingo for Books will be tonight at 6:30 in the cafeteria.  Come play BINGO, enjoy a snack and win a book!

Apple Orchard Field Trip

Please be sure to turn in permission slip and payment by October 10th for our field trip on October 12th.

Calendar

October 14th – Half day of school.  Students will be dismissed at 11:45 a.m.

Library Books

Students came home with a library book this week.  These are due on Monday.  If books are not returned on Monday the student may not check out a new one.

What We Did This Week

We continue to review classroom and school rules and consequences.

Our Alpa-Friend was “Tiggy Tiger”, letter T

We have been discussing the season of Fall

We have been reading and studying about apples

We worked in our poem books

We wrote in our journals

We listened to stories

We made Apple Trees

We continue to study nursery rhymes and finger poems

In math we are practicing our counting and creating simple patterns using the pattern blocks

We enjoyed Free Choice

We are working on drawing simple shapes in preparation for beginning our handwriting books.  Ask the children to tell you about “Mat Man”